Hybrid/Remote Support Technician Contract Job Trends

Support Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median Support Technician daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £183, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 313 360
Rank change year-on-year +4 +47 +127
Contract jobs requiring a Support Technician 15 1 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.009% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.010% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £153 - £146
25th Percentile £160 - £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 £500 £200
Median % change year-on-year -63.40% +150.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £201 - £263
90th Percentile £208 - £330
UK median daily rate £175 £188 £188
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £13.53 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £20.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £18.75 £11.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +63.04% -39.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,896 10,049 15,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 93.32% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,386 6,412 10,688
10th Percentile £331 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £628
90th Percentile £720 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 179 509
10th Percentile £15.74 £18.90 £14.27
25th Percentile £21.38 £25.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.21 £39.04 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.17% -17.81% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.63
UK median hourly rate £29.82 £33.77 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.69% -3.51% -

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Support Technician' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Support Technician job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Support Technician
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Technician job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Technician job vacancies

Support Technician
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Technician job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Support Technician job vacancies

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Support Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Support Technician in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
6 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 2 (13.33%) Firmware
6 2 (13.33%) Google Ads
6 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (13.33%) Security Patching
6 2 (13.33%) Skype
6 2 (13.33%) SLA
6 2 (13.33%) Ticket Management
6 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (6.67%) Android
7 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
7 1 (6.67%) assyst
7 1 (6.67%) Azure
7 1 (6.67%) Dell
7 1 (6.67%) DHCP
7 1 (6.67%) DNS
7 1 (6.67%) Google

Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Google Ads
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Google Drive
2 1 (6.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) Skype
3 1 (6.67%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Android
2 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
4 2 (13.33%) Security Patching
4 2 (13.33%) Ticket Management
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
5 1 (6.67%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (13.33%) Firmware
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Dell
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow